Choose Your Own: College Problems

This is basically going to be a venting post. Lately I have been annoyed of many of my friends. If anyone knows me then they know I am the most laidback person and get along with regularly everyone. I have gotten close to three girls on my floor; one being my roommate, and two other girls who live right next door to me. The two girls next door were best friends in high school so they were already good friends. Recently those two have been fighting nonstop and it is getting really old. They both complain about each other to me and frankly I do not get why they don’t just talk it out with each other. Why do girls think it’s necessary to bitch about each other to other people but not confront the person themselves? I understand why they both are getting annoyed..one leaves her plates and bowls everywhere and doesn’t clean up. Then the other is such a sloppy drunk and has to get babysat every time she goes out. I think one of the problems that roommates have is not setting any ground rules for their room in the beginning of the year. If they did that, then I believe they would not have many of the problems they have now. Also another thing that has made me stressed out is having a friend that goes to Heartland Community College which is about 5 minutes away from ISU. Since I moved out of my house and she has not yet, it is kind of hard to keep a good friendship with. She doesn’t have the same opportunities to meet new people like I do. She has not had the dorm living experience yet and I feel like she is getting mad at me for not seeing her as much. It’s unfortunate, but honestly I shouldn’t have to defend myself for developing new friendships. That is what college is for. So to wrap this up, I just hope when people have a problem with someone, they will go directly to them instead of complaining 24/7 about the situation. #fedup

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Words and Pictures

        One childhood text that I tend to remember is Corduroy. This is the story of a teddy bear that lives in a department store but is never bought. One day a little girl wants to buy him, but her mother points out that he is missing one of the buttons on his overalls. That night he decides to explore the department store in search of a button. He doesn't find a button, but the next day he does find a home and love. Corduroy was one of my all time favorite books growing up. The pictures and words of this book are both equally important. I remember my mom reading it to me and all I could do was look at the pictures. From learning about how the position of the pictures means different things, I can understand the story more in depth. I’m noticing why the author put certain pictures in specific areas and I think that is so interesting. It really shows how much I have already learned in this class. Whenever I read children’s books, I do read them differently than I would have two years ago. From our exercise in class where we had to try and figure out the story without reading the words, makes me want to see if I can figure out any more stories. Some of my other childhood all time favorite books are The Rainbow Fish, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, The Stinky Cheeseman and Other Fairlystupid Tales, and all the Berenstain Bear books. I think Rainbow Fish had the most eye catching illustrations. When I read a book with pictures I look at the details of the picture; whether it is big or small and the color. Children books of the 90’s were definitely the best children’s books.


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Choose Your Own: Tattoos

For spring break I am staying home for most of the week. Over winter break I was working my second job at Shoe Carnival and was pretty busy. I am so forward to spending time with my family. Even though I live in town, so I could technically go home whenever I wanted, but I haven’t gone home once this semester. I have never really been close to my family, but ever since I started college my relationship with my parents has gotten much stronger. In October I got a tattoo saying “Love and be loved” The meaning behind it is that if I give more love and respect to my parents, then in return I will get more love and the same respect. I showed my parents over thanksgiving break and they loved it. I eventually want to get an anchor on my foot. The meaning of the anchor would be a reminder that you need to be strong for yourself and strong for others when they need you. Also an anchor is reliable, safe, and unchanging. It keeps ships and people grounded and constant. Neither of my parents have tattoos but I think that is because their generation wasn’t much into them like ours is today. My brother is 23 and said he has wanted one before but doesn’t know exactly what he would get. I hate when people get meaningless tattoos. It’s just dumb and honestly gross. I really don’t like when people also get their name as a tattoo. It seems like more guys get their last name more than girls do. I just don’t see a point in it..but hey that is just my opinion. I’m not a big fan of colored tattoos as well; they just look nasty after they have been faded. Tattoos are a great thing if you get something that is significant to you.

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Popular Texts and Interests

One of my interests is the Twilight series. I was crazy about the books when they first came out and I could not stop putting them down. I know tons of girls have the same feeling as I do but I felt so connected with the text. The way Stephanie Myer explains Bella’s emotions really hit me and made me realize I feel the same way about my boyfriend in the Marine’s. One thing that I didn’t like is I had a vision of the way Bella and Edward were in my head while reading the books, and then when the movies came out the characters did not match up to how they were imagined in my head. Yes of course I am a die-hard Team Jacob fan :) but I still imagined Bella a little differently. Another one of my interests is the movie Pirates of the Caribbean. I am thinking about doing this film for project one but I haven’t made up my mind yet. I like how much the film shows the Caribbean. It demonstrations the culture and how the geography really is. The way people talk in the Caribbean is much different than we do in the United States, and viewers can definitely tell a difference while watching the movie. My thoughts about the first project are neutral. On one end I am excited because it is something I have not done before. Doing the same type of projects tends to get a little dull. This project is something new and I hope I do well. On the other end I am nervous that I won’t pick a topic that is suitable for this assessment. I’m sure I will choose a movie that does work, but I am a little worried about it. I will just take it one day at a time and not stress too much about it. I am without doubt a movie person so I do know that I will choose that route.  

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